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i am soooo sick of picking up after everyone!!!! why does lewis have to find everything he can get his hands on and drag it all over the house?
can someone please tell my dh that if you drink a 2litre bottle of milk (who does that after they turn 15 anyway???) you do not just leave the bottle wherever you are sitting. same goes for empty beer bottles.
i cannot bend over ffs!!!! i refuse to bend over and pick up another thing in this friggen house.
Noni - Dont feel bad we all have days with our toddlers where we just want to have a 5 minute break from it all. Did you find something to do today to keep you both occupied?
Andie - I give her full cream milk. I'm just so over it, I'm exhausted today after another long night. Your boys are right into swimming at the moment arent they?
MD - Whats this about a trip to the hospital? Are they going to remove the stones soon? I like supernanny's trick, I've been using that one not knowing its her trick, thinking I was so clever lol.
Clare - Thats a good idea about the milk sippy drinks. Might give that one a go.
Sorry to whoever I've missed, I cant remember what was said & its a new thread now....
Gosh I had a horrible night with poor M last night. This whole getting rid of the bottle is going to be such hard work with her, at this age. She cried on & off for hours last night, until DP & I were so exhausted that we gave in. I was so frustrated I threw a baby bottle at the wall & ended up sobbing on the kitchen floor Rainy I think you are right, we might just keep going with the whole night feed thing & hopefully she will just grow out of it. I'm just scared of her being 2 with us still getting up to her & then at that age I'd expect it to be an even harder habit to break?
So after my melt down last night I decided that today I was going to forget about it, be a happy mummy, & get outta the house. First stop the doctor, the appt was for me but while I was there I had her look over M as she had a cold last week with a really runny nose & she is prone terribly to ear infections. Also has a bit of a nasty cough happening. So sure enough her ears are starting to inflame, so tonight its pain stop & then if she is extra grumpy tomorrow start her on antibiotics. So I felt guilty as all hell after my break down last night, her ears may have been why she was so upset. I was so embarrassed to tell DP, I often wonder if he thinks I am a bad mum in the back of his mind but he always assures me I am not hehe. So I asked the doc if I could take her swimming at the pools, she said go ahead, so I took her down for a nice swim & she loved it. So we had a nice day & even pigged out on hot chips & a cupcake. Sometimes I just feel like the worst mum in the world & I dont deserve such a perfect little girl.
Ohhh Rainy sorry I had to have a little giggle! You tell that man of yours to get his act together lol. Mine is so much the same, its very annoying isnt it. As for L getting into mischief, I so hear you on that one, just sit back & let him go for it & then make DH clean up when he's in bed.
Rainy, don't get mad, get creative! Perhaps you could gather them together and leave them somewhere REALLY inconvenient to him...like under the sheets on his side of the bed, or folded into his clean work clothes? Eloquent in a slightly unhinged-pregnant lady kind of way, don't you think ?!
MM - I'm sure SuperNanny wasn't the first to think of it, I just like the way it rhymes. MM of course you're a wonderful mummy, being awake for hours in the middle of the night is never the most glamorous moment for any of us. Sounds like your little swim and picnic was just the thing! Hope M's ears are better soon. Have you got any dimetapp or demazin? DD1 was prone to ear infections until I twigged to use that whenever she was a bit coldy and guess what - no more infections. We have tiny ear tubes (genetic defect from me I'm afraid) so you might find it helpful with M too. xxx
Seeing surgeon next week to go onto waiting list to get the gallbladder sorted. Praying he says soemthing like you poor dear I can fit you in next week. Feel like such an aunty maude complaining about my gallstones all the time .
md- i've tried that! i lined up a whole heap of beer bottles and put them in his shower...or i even put them in his work boots...makes no difference. i'm so sick of bending over!
hope your wait isn't too long, fingers crossed..
hayley- i can't believe you think you're a bad mum! you're not at all, you're fantastic!
if anything i reckon your dp would be looking at your sil thinking how awesome you are compared to her.
i'm no expert, but i just know that everytime i have stressed myself out about something lewis is doing that i think he shouldn't be, or that it will form a bad habit, it has made it worse iykwim? do you remember how much i used to stress about him breastfeeding to sleep at every single sleep and how i thought i'd still have him on my boob at 15years old? well, some how i just kind of 'got over it', stopped stressing about it, didn't tell anyone about it....and what do you know? he stopped it. all by himself, with no change from me. xoxoxo
i say- do what works...whatever is easiest for you guys atm.
Rainy - I so hear you on picking things up all the time. I'm not pregnant and it pi$$es me off immensely. DH just doesn't think about things like that at all. I had to throw 1L of milk out this morning because he left it out after giving Sarah a bottle at 5.30am. I didn't see it until 8.30am and it was hot so gone-skis down the drain. I too have tried the whole leaving his stuff out and in his way and it just gets chucked back on the floor.
MM - Please do not stress about your meltdown. I have so many out of sheer frustration with S that its not funny. If only she would actually stick to one routine instead of chopping and changing. I could probably handle her better if she did it at the same time etc. I've thrown things at walls, yelled, screamed and yep even punched a wall once. (Sore knuckles from that one let me tell you). I hope Mads is feeling better tonight and goes down easily and stays down.
AFM *VENT* - Well DH has truly ***** me tonight. He sat on the couch while I ran around and did things, watched me as I tried to feed a very cranky Sarah her dinner in the midst of everything else. Then finally took over and whinged that she was being annoying (DUH!!, Mr Obvious). Then after I told him last night that he has to put her to bed for a week or so (to avoid me spending half the night in there with her), he goes and announces that he's heading to his mums for dinner. He then rings me and wants to know why I didn't answer my mobile (ah hello...trying to put Miss Cranky Pants to bed as well as feed myself and my niece). He wants to go fishing tonight...I say fine (in the typical pi$$ed off womans way) then he wants to chat conversationally while I have S screaming in the background. He so doesn't get it. I think about divorce or kicking him out until he realises but then remember that his mum spoils him rotten so he'd probably be fine with moving out. I don't think I can keep doing what I'm doing with him. He says he supports me through PND but then pulls these stunts and sooks that he doesn't have any me (him) time. He wanted this baby probably even more than me so why is it me doing everything. I love living up here now, have made some great IRL friends and living this close to the beach rocks so don't want to have to move if it comes to that (me moving out or us seperating) but I don't think that I could stay up here if something did happen. Let alone the pressure from mum to move back. I also want another baby but don't think that I could deal with another if this is how DH is with 1. I'm trying to get myself sorted out with gym and feeling better about myself so am hoping that this is what is needed to help the relationship (from my end at least). I've tried the talking thing with him but it seems to go straight out the other ear. Anyway...*VENT OVER* Just needed to vent to someone other than my niece.
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Did you find something to do today to keep you both occupied?
Rainy I think you are right, we might just keep going with the whole night feed thing & hopefully she will just grow out of it. I'm just scared of her being 2 with us still getting up to her & then at that age I'd expect it to be an even harder habit to break?
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